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The main specialty of Maren Ritter is osteopathy and treating with acupuncture. Additionally she offers treatment with leeches and is in training to apply homeopathy.
She practices in the area of Karlsruhe and Pforzheim.
contact: www.pferdeosteo-ritter.de
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Osteotherapist for horses Maren Ritter about Barefoot:
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Treeless saddles are still widely disputed and urge to immense discussions.
Unfortunately tremendous differences can be seen regarding quality – the bad critics usually apply to the insufficient remakes.
The Barefoot Saddlesystem belongs to the high qualtity type of saddles and well thought through in regards of anatomical and physiologic view on horse and rider.
In conjunction with the Barefoot saddlepad and the Barefoot girth, the saddles meet all requirements to a good saddle. |
I use a Barefoot saddle myself and what really appeals to me that the rider is automatically placed into the correct saddle area (12.-13. cerebral vertebrae – anticlinaric angle). An upright position is promoted.
Movement, bending, positioning and especially arching up of the horse’s back are given.
The horse can be trained well and thus carry the rider ideally.
Punctual pressure points (being argued by critics) are avoided since the Barefoot Pad leaves the spine free.
In case the front pommel should be too narrow (horsebacks change!!) it can easily be exchanged into a wider one ort he softinlay.
When I am on tour as a osteopath I repeatedly run across saddles which don’t or barely fit
- saddle which cause pressure points (especially on shoulder and loin)
- saddle which causes cold backs
- saddle with foregirth, crouper or key padding
All these signs reveal that the saddle doesn’t fit (!!)
Plenty of horses move with hollow backs to avoid pain. They can not be trained well to become supple. Frequent results of a badly fitting saddle include head shaking, tail whipping and not reacting to rider’s cues.
Unfortunately too many owners ignore these signs. Horses can compensate pain well – before it becomes visible or the rider notices it, the problem shifts to a different area via the cause-reaction-chain. Often I loosen blockades of the spine or acupuncture tight muscles caused by a badly fitting saddle. Even lameness of forehand and hindquarters are diagnosed as a result of permanent pressure to the saddle area.
Some of my clients who have switched to the Barefoot System as a logical answer to a difficult and tight back have reported of positive experiences. It isn’t just the own, comfortable seat, but even more the enhanced suppleness, increased impulsion and stepping under and the improved relaxing of the horse, which let the Barefoot saddle be the key to physical wellbeing of horse and rider.
Maren Ritter-Homeier
Osteotherapist for horses
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